User:Snowmanonahoe/Competitive programming

Two men sitting at desks with a computer and papers sprawled on them.
Petr Mitrichev (left) and Gennady Korotkevich (right), two prominent competitive programmers during the 2013 Yandex algorithm cup

Competitive programming is an activity where the goal is to design and implement an algorithm that solves a problem.[1]

History

One of the oldest contests known is the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) which originated in the 1970s.[2]

Online platforms

Name Description
Codeforces[3][4]
HackerEarth[4]
Project Euler[5] Large collection of computational math problems (i.e. not directly related to programming but often requiring programming skills for solving).
SPOJ[4]
Topcoder[3][4]
UVa Online Judge[3][4]

Benefits and criticism

Participation in programming contests may increase student enthusiasm for computer science studies. The skills acquired in ICPC-like programming contests also improve career prospects, as they help to pass the "technical interviews", which often require candidates to solve complex programming and algorithmic problems on the spot.[3][6]

See also

Citations

  1. ^ Laaksonen 2024, pp. 1–2.
  2. ^ Li et al. 2024, p. 5.
  3. ^ a b c d Bloomfield, Aaron; Sotomayor, Borja. "A Programming Contest Strategy Guide" (PDF). SIGCSE '16: Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education.
  4. ^ a b c d e Luigi, William Di; Farina, Gabriele; Laura, Luigi; Nanni, Umberto; Temperini, Marco; Versari, Luca (2016). "oii-web: an Interactive Online Programming oii-web: an Interactive Online Programming Contest Training System" (PDF). Olympiads in Informatics. 10: 207–222. doi:10.15388/ioi.2016.13. S2CID 6877554.
  5. ^ Combéfis, Sébastien; Wautelet, Jérémy (2014). "Programming Trainings and Informatics Teaching Through Online Contests" (PDF). Olympiads in Informatics. 8: 21–34.
  6. ^ Jackson, Dean (December 1, 2013). "The Google Technical Interview. How to Get Your Dream Job" (PDF). XRDS: Crossroads, the ACM Magazine for Students. 20 (2): 12–14. doi:10.1145/2539270. S2CID 27549057.

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